OF WELLESLEY AND VICINITY I3 



148. American Scaup Duck — Ay thy a marila jiearc- 

 tica Stejn, Winter resident on coast. Casual on lakes. 

 Two examples, fall; Dug Pond, Natick, — Roberts; L. 

 Waban, Wellesley, — S, F. Denton. BL ii 313. 



149. Lesser Scaup Duck, Little Blackhead — 



Aythya affinis (Eyt.). Migrant. Scarce. At Cambridge 

 common in fall, rare in spring. Framingham, Oct., 1880. — 

 F. C. Browne (B.N.O.C. vi 127); Wellesley,— S. F. Den- 

 ton. BL ii 314. 



150. Ring-necked Duck — Aythya col/aris (ponov.). 

 Rare migrant. Mr. Babcock reports a specimen from Med- 

 field Meadows years ago, and I mounted a male taken on 

 Farm L., Sherborn, in Mar. or Apr., 1880. BL ii 314. 



151. American Golden-eye, Whistler — Clangula 



clangula americana (Bonap.). Migrant, and winter resi- 

 dent on coast. Common on ponds in Mar. and Apr. (also 

 Oct.-Nov. ?). BL 11317. 



153. BufQehead — Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). 

 Winter resident on coast. Not uncommon on ponds in 

 Oct.-Nov. Casual in spring. BL ii 318. 



163. American Scoter, Black Scoter — Oide7nia 



americana Swains. Winter resident on coast. Casual in 

 fall on lakes; Sherborn, — Babcock; Wellesley, — S. F. 

 Denton. BL ii 326. 



165. White- winged Scoter — Oidemia degla?idi 

 Bonap. Common in fall and winter on coast. Casual, 

 sometimes not uncommon on lakes in fall ; Framingham, — 

 Eastman; Wellesley, — S. F. Denton. BL ii 327. 



166. Surf Scoter, Surf Duck — Oidemia persp id l- 

 lata (Linn.), Winter resident on coast. Casual on lakes in 

 fall. Wellesley,— S. F. Denton. BL ii 328. 



167. Ruddy Duck — E rismaturajamaice?isis (Gmel). 

 Migrant. Common on lakes and ponds in Oct.-Nov. 



